Global identities- filoxenia or xenophobia?

CHRISTIAN LORE. Second origin:

Christ took refuge in .......  Egypt,
 instant coffee ground in.............,
car make designed in ..........,
scribbling signs  from ...........,
 vacancies spent in ..............,
 counting figures are ... 
Do NOT  refrain to have a neighbour 'cos she is foreigner ?!?

Your ID and these 4 words:
IDentity, 
IDiosincrasy, 
IDiom, 
IDiot!


Between our Philoxenic and Xenophobic axis. 

Can you accept these old changeable sentences?

1. If it has tradition, it will also have future (with variations!)
2. A good tradition and a good people will definitely embrace progress (= change).
3. Change is the essence of life.
4. Tradition means giving votes again to the most obscure of all classes, our past ancestors. It is the new democracy of the dead.  by G.K. Chesterton
5. Changes will be hardly implemented if people have this strong tradition.
6. You should also consider that we are trapped in creating tradition. No matter how we try to alter it, we end up creating a new one.

This reminds me of a joke I heard once to my friend Mike.. 

the question: what is it to be British nowadays?

Answer:

•  to work for an American  company, 
• finish work for the day and get in your German  car, 
• pick up an Indian  takeaway, 
• eat your dinner off a plate made in China , 
• sat on Swedish  IKEA furniture, 
• watching an American programme on a  Korean  TV set, 
• support an Arab  owned football club 
• paying  Latinamerican footballers to kick a ball made in Taiwan, 
• etc etc....  
•                .... I could go on

HAVE A GO yourself.....

Your holiday is ........................,

Your car is ........................,

Your pizza is ........................,

Your coffee is ........................,

Your numbers are ........................,

Your democracy is ........................,

Your goalie is ........................,

Your nurse is ........................,

Your Christ is a ........................,

Your dentist is ........................

Your Doctor is ........................

Your Taxi driver is ........................

Your take away is ........................

Your plumber is ........................

Your nanny is ........................

Your TV is ........................

Your computer is ........................

Your shoes are ........................

Your suit is .........................

Your spell check is ........................

Your beer is ........................

Your wine is ........................

Your Roses are ........................

Your French beans ........................

Your Whiskey is ........................

Your malt is ........................

Your girlfriend ........................

Your soap opera ........................

Your Chocolate ........................

My friend Mike got these anwwers. Check yours:

• Your holiday is Spanish,
• Your car is German,
• Your pizza is Italian,
• Your coffee is Brazilian,
• Your numbers are Arabic,
• Your democracy is Greek,
• Your goalie is Albanian,
• Your nurse is Portuguese,
• Your Christ is a Jew,
• Your dentist is Chinese
• Your Doctor is Indian
• Your Taxi driver is Pakistani
• Your take away is Bangladeshi
• Your plumber is Polish
• Your nanny is Lithuanian
• Your TV is Japanese
• Your computer is Taiwanese
• Your shoes are Italian
• Your suit is Romanian
• Your spell check is f*%^ing American
• Your beer is Catalan
• Your wine is South African
• Your Roses are Israeli
• Your French beans Zimbabwean
• Your Whiskey is Irish
• Your malt is Scottish
• Your girlfriend Russian
• Your soap opera Australian
• Your Chocolate Swiss

a German paper



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